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"Feels like Home" | ||||
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Single by Chantal Kreviazuk | ||||
from the album Songs from Dawson's Creek and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (soundtrack) | ||||
Released | 1999 | |||
Length | 4:42 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Randy Newman | |||
Chantal Kreviazuk singles chronology | ||||
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"Feels like Home" is a song written by Randy Newman for the musical Randy Newman's Faust , in which it was sung by Bonnie Raitt. Linda Ronstadt, also involved in the musical, recorded it for Trio II in 1994 and released it on her solo album Feels like Home in March 1995. Raitt's version was released on the musical's album soundtrack in September 1995 and was also used the following year in the soundtrack to the film Michael . Linda Ronstadt's original version, with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton, the latter of whom was mixed out of Ronstadt's original release due to label disputes, was released in 1999.
The most successful version of the song was a version sung by Chantal Kreviazuk and released as a single from the 1999 soundtrack Songs from Dawson's Creek . The Kreviazuk version reached the top 40 in Ireland and the top 20 in the Canadian adult contemporary chart, and was later included on some editions of her 2002 album What If It All Means Something .
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Chart (1999-2000) | Peak position |
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Irish Singles Chart [1] | 40 |
Canadian Adult Contemporary [2] | 12 |
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Feels Like Home may refer to:
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